®Planning appeal decision
Tin Bins Skip Hire, 63 Straight Road, Boxted, Colchester, CO4 5QY
Planning appeal 3270234 at Tin Bins Skip Hire, 63 Straight Road, Boxted, Colchester, CO4 5QY (Colchester Borough Council) was dismissed on 14 October 2021 by Inspector Chalk M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appeal proposal accords with relevant local policies regarding the location of new housing and the safeguarding of employment land.
the erection of five dwellings with associated parking
- Authority
- Colchester Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Chalk M
- Postcode
- CO4 5QY
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal proposal accords with relevant local policies regarding the location of new housing and the safeguarding of employment land
- Whether appropriate remediation of contaminated land could be carried out if contamination is present
What decided it
The absence of information relating to contamination of the site, combined with the failure to accord with development plan policies on location and employment land safeguarding, outweighed the benefits of housing delivery.
The benefits of five new dwellings and short-term economic benefits from construction were outweighed by the harm from loss of employment use, the site's unsustainable location outside the settlement boundary, and the substantial weight given to the absence of contamination survey information for a sensitive residential use.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SB1 of the Boxted Neighbourhood PlanPolicy H1 of the Colchester Core Strategy 2008Policy SD1 of the Colchester Core Strategy 2008Policy DP1 of the Colchester Development Policies 2010Policy DP5 of the Colchester Development Policies 2010Policy CE1 of the Colchester Core Strategy 2008Policy CE3 of the Colchester Core Strategy 2008
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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